When parts of a young woman's body are discovered on the Downs, Grace believes the murder is connected to two prior killings involving sex-drug overdoses. She hires a devious hit man, Tooth, to torture and kill Carly, Stuart and the unknown driver of the van. Stephanie Hyam plays Laura Caplan after appearing in A Confession, Jekyll and Hyde, Four Lives, Doctor Who and Gentleman Jack. A chilling event at the Royal Edward Hotel on the night of ACC Vosper's leaving party forces Grace into a difficult position.

A third series was subsequently commissioned in May 2022, adapted from the novels Dead Like You, Dead Man's Grip and Not Dead Yet. John Simm on his new ITV detective drama, Grace: 'Nobody wants to see Covid on film', 11 March 2021". After a police officer approached her to take a breathalyser test, she was informed that she had failed the test and was immediately arrested.

His fiancée, Cleo, is having difficulties with her pregnancy and Grace is also mourning the loss of his beloved Alfa Romeo 147 sports saloon! Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a methodical, "hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job". Darryl Dale portrays Tony Robinson with the rising star previously featuring in Silent Witness, Jitterburg, Grantchester, Clique and he will next be appearing in the ITV series Malpractice. Unfortunately, a tailgating van runs a red light and strikes Tony who is thrown underneath a lorry driven by Stuart Ferguson. In fact, James has even sought the advice of a couple of NYPD detectives for this novel [although I shall refrain from mentioning what topic he was picking their brains about to avoid spoiling the plot too much!

The team splits to investigate a shocking attack on the music scene and a gruesome discovery on a pig farm.

In other words, don’t get into a traffic accident after having been on a drinking binge the previous night. And all of this time and attention really does pay off, as all of the Roy Grace novels feel incredibly authentic. Some picked up on this plot hole, with one person tweeting: "She never gave her name then though did she?

Perhaps the novel could’ve been condensed into approximately three-hundred pages but a lot of interesting police and medical procedures would have been omitted. Worst of all, he likes to videotape his victims while they are slowly dying in gruesome manners that may offend some readers. At the site of a tragic road traffic collision an unexpected discovery suggests more to the case than meets the eye. Other projects have included Collateral, Strangers, Trauma, Cold Courage, and The Village alongside Maxine Peake. The first episode, Dead Simple, was shifted forward in the schedules by a week, originally set to air on March 21.Meanwhile, a former colleague of Grace's from the Met, Cassian Pewe ( James D'Arcy) has been sent down to assist the team, and immediately sets about re-opening the investigation into the disappearance of Grace's wife. The discovery of skeletal remains in a Brighton storm drain and a young girl being hunted by an armed hitman appear to be unconnected, until the two cases unexpectedly collide in the most unimaginable way. When an unidentified Jane Doe is dredged up from the seabed of the English channel, Grace and his team are led into the murky world of an organised crime group masterminded by fixer Julia Giroux ( Joséphine de La Baume) and corrupt quack Roger Gunnislake ( Stephen Boxer), who are harvesting the organs of illegal immigrants for private sale.

John Simm leads the cast once again as Roy Grace, while Richie Campbell is back as his partner Glenn Branson.Meanwhile, a local businessman stumbles upon a memory stick containing an access key to a dark-Web snuff site, where he witnesses the woman's murder, and the shadowy operators of the site warn him not to go to the police, or his family will suffer. She tries to give the dead victims who come through the mortuary halls back some of the dignity that was taken from them. Filming commences on highly anticipated new crime drama, Grace, starring John Simm, 14 September 2020". Meanwhile, one new cast member this season is Sam Hoare, who takes on the role of Cassian Pewe, previously played by James D'Arcy. Another addictive crime thriller from an author and a series that continues to go from strength to strength.